A New Day Dawns...

Good Morning America! It has been a long and arduous journey and we have come to a fork in the road. I do not regret the time, money, or sweat that we have put into the effort to have a main of faith elected to the highest office in the land. It has been a pleasure and an honor to serve Mike Huckabee. His message energized those who listened and brought hope to those of us who had grown cynical of politics and politicians who use their offices for self gain and promotion.
I am no longer able to sit back in the arm chair and complain about, "how THEY screwed things up." I am responsible for the knowledge that God has provided. Mike Huckabee did not just give us a voice, he made us realize that we HAVE a voice.
This movement is not about a man named Mike. This began thousands of years ago with a Man named Jesus. Like it or not, this man changed lives. I can personally attest to that as I have been changed by The Man, His Message and His Mission! Wherever His Words impact a heart there Will be Radical Change in a man, his message and his mission. They two shall become one.
Faith is the Foundation For Freedom is the rally cry for those who have been set free by the work of Christ on the Cross of Calvary. He did not stay in the grave. He rose and sent his disciples out to Revolutionize the world. Today you and I are Christians (I pray) because of their faith and the faith of others who serve a Risen Savior.
Now go Ye into all the world...

This could get Political

The last few days have been very exciting and suspense filled to say the least. As we enter a very important time in Americas history, we are very much divided in thoughts and sentiment. As one not prone to politics it is eye opening to see just what is involved with politics. We as sinful human beings have impure motives at best. One of the biggest struggles that goes on in my own heart is to question, "Does this action glorify God?" Yet there is a battle to do what is pleasing to myself or others....then there is a decision to be made. As a Christian I am taught to walk by faith, I seek wisdom through prayer, studying God's Word and counseling with others much wiser than myself, then when all has been weighed in the balance, a decision must be made. To decide not to decide is a decision that I am altogether prone to, and therefore I am apt to abdicate that responsibility to others, thereby releasing myself from the "blame" if things go south. We can see this behavior played out in the garden of Eden when God confronted Adam.
If I am to conduct myself in a manner that will glorify God then there will come times when I will have to make decisions that are not the status quo and will be misunderstood by many, even those closest to us. This is what makes men, men of character.

Founder of Minuteman Project Jim Gilchrist, endorsed Huckabee today

This is a big news, I believe, because some are challenging how strong Mike would be on illegal immigration. The Minuteman Project is a movement to help secure our borders and this endorsement speaks volumes about the credibility of Mike Huckabee's position on illegal immigration and border enforcement, in particular.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/12/11/politics/fromtheroad/entry3606153.shtml


If you haven't seen it already, Mike released his immigration plan recently:
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=851

Mitt Romney endorsed Huckabee in 2005

http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2007/12/11/week_in_review/news/sunday/news04.txt

I agree with what Mitt said in 2005, Mike Huckabee would make a fine president! :-)

The Arkansas News Bureau reported in August 2005 that Romney said Huckabee would have the support of many Massachusetts Republicans if the Arkansan were to run for president in 2008.

While at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion for a meeting about health care, Romney demurred when asked whether a presidential race was in his future but had nice things to say about his host.

“Who knows what the future will hold?” Romney said in 2005. “Most likely, we’ll all stay as governors or find other offices, but we need to make sure that we have a strong person who can take the baton from President Bush, and Gov. Huckabee is certainly one of those individuals. He'd make a fine president.”

You can't win for losin!

"Mike Huckabee Defends Role in Parole of Convicted Rapist Who Went on to Kill"

I must say that Mike cannot win with the media. First they attack him because he is tough on crime and supports the death penalty then this breaks out and they skewer him over an issue that he had neither the authority nor foresight to prevent. This is truly an unfortunate incident however, is he too tough on crime or too lenient?

Another blog from Randy Alcorn

This latest blog is another good one, in my opinion, but some of it may not sit well with everyone. The blog entry I am referring to is from November 19, 2007.
http://randyalcorn.blogspot.com

He explains why he is able to endorse a candidate even though he is the head of a non-profit ministry. That is, he is not endorsing Huckabee as the head of the ministry but as a private citizen. He makes a number of other good points, which would great for all pastors and ministry leaders to read and consider.

He also explains why he can't support the other candidates. He shows why Romney cannot be trusted, he previously explained why Guliani is unacceptable, he reveals that John McCain is for the use of embryonic stem cells, and shows Fred Thompson's shortcomings (this may be where the fur starts to fly).

Whether you agree with all that he says, I believe it is worth the time to read and consider.

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has won the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee, the largest U.S. antiabortion group,

The announcement is scheduled to be made Tuesday in Washington D.C.
The announcement first was reported by The Politico. Click here to read the blog posting on The Politico.
Thomspon, speaking Monday to reporters in Indianola, Iowa, initially was cool to talking about the endorsement before it was announced, but shortly found a way to talk about the benefits.
"I would not ever make any statement about anybody endorsing me until they've endorsed me...I can't respond to the word on the street," Thompson said.
But answering a follow-up question what a pro-life group's endorsement would mean, Thompson said: "I've had a 100 percent pro-life voting record in the United States Senate ... and I think they know that. And that's the way I'd govern if I was President. ... So it (the endorsement) would be a perefctly natural thing and very helpful to me I would think."
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The endorsement follows a series of heavy-hitting endorsements for Republicans from conservative groups in recent days, and is an important grab for Thompson who has been struggling to make his late-bloomer campaign more competitive.
Last Wednesday, GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani snagged an endorsement from evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson: an announcement that drowned-out what would have been a big nod for Arizona Sen. John McCain on any other day, the backing of Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas. Brownback has long been a favorite of conservative Christians, and threw his support behind McCain after dropping his own candidacy last month.
And earlier in the week, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney received an endorsement from another conservative leader, Paul Weyrich, founding president of The Heritage Foundation and cofounder of the Moral Majority.
Thompson's voting record is strongly in favor of abortion opponents, but his response to a 1994 questionnaire that surfaced earlier this year on abortion rights raised some questions over how strongly he stood against abortion.
Responding to Project Vote Smart prior to his 1994 election win, Thompson said he supported legal abortion in the first trimester in all cases — a view not held by abortion opponents.
But Thompson's other responses were more favorable: he said he believed there should be parental notification for mothers under the age of 18 who are seeking abortions; he supported state-imposed waiting periods and opposed federal funding for clinics that provide abortions. He also said abortions should not be covered under federal health care plans, and states, rather than Congress, should control abortion laws.
As a lawyer, Thompson also once represented an abortion-rights group, the the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association.
IN an August interview with The Associated Press, Thompson said his work to represent the group was separate from his beliefs.
"It has nothing to do with one's political views," he said. "Lawyering is a profession and it's also a business."
FOX News Carl Cameron and Cristina Corbin contributed to this report.